Arty-farty filming ruined a good flick

Rating: Null/10 (1 July 2003)

Good plot idea (although seems rather familiar to the 1970s BBC series 'survivor' or 'day of the Triffids'), but the film didn't really work for me and I found it more irritating than enjoyable. Some of the filming I thought was really impressive, particularly the early scenes which had real atmosphere. But they couldn't just leave it there could they? Nope, someone obviously got a new editing machine for Christmas and they weren't going to put it down. And why do people think it's clever to film everything in the rain and the dark? The resulting rapid-fire shots with strange angles and lighting meant that I really didn't follow a lot of the action, particularly towards the end and I don't think I could face seeing it again.